Senate Gun Bill Won't Include 'Assault Weapons' Ban

WASHINGTON—Senate leaders will move forward with gun-control legislation that doesn't include a ban on certain semiautomatic rifles known as assault weapons, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) said Tuesday.

The Senate is expected to take up gun regulations when it returns from a recess in the second week of April. While Democratic leaders are still determining the contours of the main gun-control bill, they said it won't include a measure from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, that would stop the sale...